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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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